34 translations · 29 languages

Qurʾān 80:12 compared

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Translation is interpretation. Where these renderings differ, they differ in judgement — which sense of a word to take, how literally to render it, how much to explain. Reading several together shows you the shape of the choice a translator faced.

English

5
  • So whoever wills may remember it.

    Saheeh International

  • —so let anyone who wishes remember—

    Ali Quli Qarai

  • So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

    Marmaduke Pickthall

  • Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.

    Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  • (and whoso wills, shall remember it)

    A. J. Arberry

فارسی

2
  • پس هرکه خواست از آن پند گیرد،

    انصاریان (Ansarian)

  • تا هر که خواهد، از آن پند گیرد.

    فولادوند (Fooladvand)

Azərbaycanca

  • Kim istəsə, ondan öyüd alar.

    Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov

Bahasa Indonesia

  • maka barangsiapa yang menghendaki, tentulah ia memperhatikannya,

    Kementerian Agama

Bahasa Melayu

  • Maka sesiapa yang mahukan kebaikan dirinya, dapatlah ia mengambil peringatan daripadanya.

    Abdullah Basmeih

Bosanski

  • pa ko hoće, poučiće se –

    Besim Korkut

Deutsch

  • Wer nun will, gedenkt seiner.

    Bubenheim & Elyas

Español

  • Quien quiera, que reflexione y obre acorde a él.

    Isa García

Français

  • quiconque veut, donc, s'en rappelle -

    Muhammad Hamidullah

Hausa

  • Sabõda wanda ya so ya tunaShi (Allah).

    Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Kiswahili

  • Basi anaye penda akumbuke.

    Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani

Nederlands

  • Dus, wie wil denkt eraan,

    Fred Leemhuis

Oʻzbekcha

  • Ким хоҳласа уни эслайдир.

    Muhammad Sodik

Shqip

  • Kush do merr mesim nga kjo (nga Kur’ani).

    Sherif Ahmeti

Soomaali

  • Ruuxii doonana wuu ku waana qaadan.

    Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

Türkçe

  • Dileyen onu öğüt kabul eder.

    Diyanet İşleri

Русский

  • и пусть помянет его всякий желающий.

    Кулиев (Kuliev)

Татарча

  • Теләгән кеше Коръәнне аңлап гыйбрәтләнсен, аның белән гамәл кылып төзәлсен һәм туры юлны тапсын! (Димәк, Коръән белән вәгазьләнүне, Коръәндәге Аллаһ хөкемнәре белән танышуны һәм аның белән гамәл кылуны һичнәрсәгә алыштырырга ярамый).

    Yakub ibn Nugman

Тоҷикӣ

  • пас ҳар кӣ хоҳад, аз он панд гирад.

    Оятӣ (Ayati)

ئۇيغۇرچە

  • خالىغان ئادەم ئۇنىڭدىن ۋەز - نەسىھەت ئالىدۇ

    محمد صالح (Muhammad Saleh)

اردو

  • جس کا جی چاہے قبول کرلے

    علامہ جوادی (Jawadi)

پښتو

  • نو هغه څوك چې غواړي (نو) دى دې ومني

    عبدالولي خان (Abdulwali)

سنڌي

  • پوءِ جيڪو گھُري سو قرآن ياد رکي.

    تاج محمود امروٽي (Amroti)

کوردی

  • جا که‌سێك بیه‌وێت ڕێنموویی وه‌رگرێت، ئه‌وه یادی ده‌کات.

    تەفسیری ئاسان (Asan)

ދިވެހި

  • ފަހެ، ބޭނުންމީހަކު އެ قرآن ހަނދުމަކުރާހުށިކަމެވެ!

    ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Official)

አማርኛ

  • የሻም ሰው (ቁርኣኑን) ያስታውሰዋል፡፡

    ሳዲቅ እና ሳኒ (Sadiq & Sani)

বাংলা

  • অতএব, যে ইচ্ছা করবে, সে একে গ্রহণ করবে।

    মুহিউদ্দীন খান (Muhiuddin Khan)

தமிழ்

  • எனவே, எவர் விரும்புகிறாரோ அவர் அதை நினைவு கொள்வார்.

    ஜான் டிரஸ்ட் (Jan Trust)

മലയാളം

  • അതിനാല്‍ ആര്‍ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നുവോ അവനത് ഓര്‍മിച്ച് കൊള്ളട്ടെ.

    അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് & കുഞ്ഞി മുഹമ്മദ് (Abdul Hameed & Kunhi)

Questions

How many translations of Quran 80:12 are there here?

Tartīl shows Quran 80:12 in 34 translations across 29 languages, alongside the original Arabic. Each translation is credited to its translator and sourced from Tanzil.net.

Why do translations of Quran 80:12 differ from each other?

Translation is interpretation. Arabic words carry ranges of meaning that rarely map onto a single word in another language, and a translator must choose — which sense, which register, how much to render literally and how much to explain. Differences between the renderings below are differences of judgement, not errors; comparing them is one of the most useful things a reader without Arabic can do.